EuroSpeedway Lausitz, 9 October - A1 Team France has taken a double victory in the A1 Grand Prix of Nations, EuroSpeeday Lausitz, having started from pole and battling with A1 Team Switzerland for the first half of the race and holding off A1 Team Great Britain for the second.

A1 Team Driver Time
1 France Nicolas Lapierre 58:45.700
2 Great Britain Robbie Kerr 58:49.406
3 Canada Sean McIntosh 58:51.158
4 New Zealand Jonny Reid 58:51.674
5 Switzerland Neel Jani 58:52.771
6 Ireland Ralph Firman 58:53.781
7 Netherlands Jos Verstappen 58:55.322
8 Indonesia Ananda Mikola 59:02.406
9 Japan Hideki Noda 59:05.044
10 Germany Timo Scheider 59:07.560
11 Portugal Alvaro Parente 59:10.440
12 Pakistan Adam Khan 59:10.966
13 Mexico David Martinez 59:14.878
14 Australia Christian Jones 59:16.590
15 Austria Mathias Lauda 59:16.832
16 Malaysia Alex Yoong 59:31.081
17 China Jiang 1:00:03.141
18 Lebanon Khalil Beschhir 33 laps
19 Czech Republic Tomas Enge 27 laps
20 Brazil Nelson Piquet Jr 26 laps
21 India Karun Chandhok 19 laps
22 South Africa Tomas Scheckter 15 laps
23 Italy Enrico Toccacelo 11 laps
24 USA Scott Speed 4 laps

Comments:

A1 Team France, Nicholas Lapierre

‘After the start to get away from Brazil and Switzerland, I used the PowerBoost button. The team then did a fantastic job with the pit stop and with a new set of tyres I was able to really push again. I knew Robbie had started from the back of the grid so when he was close behind me I realised he must have been driving very quickly.’

A1 Team Great Britain, Robbie Kerr

‘The first and second race were a contrast, I came together with USA in the first race but the second race more than made up for it. I drove 100 per cent and had no time to rest and overtook a lot of cars on the first lap. The team did an excellent job once again. I had an early pit stop and pushed very hard afterwards not knowing what where I would end up. It was only when the safety car came out that I knew I was in P2.’

A1 Team Canada, Sean McIntosh

‘I had an early pit stop and continued to push throughout the race. I tried hard to catch Robbie. The team did an excellent job. I flat spotted both of my front tyres and it was a struggle to make sure nobody would get by. It wasn’t too bad though, it was just a case of being consistent.’

Championship points

1 Brazil 30
2 France 29
3 New Zealand 29
4 Switzerland 17
5 Australia 16
6 Mexico 16
7 Great Britain 15
8 Canada 14
9 Malaysia 11
10 Germany 8
11 Ireland 8
12 Netherlands 8
13 Japan 6
14 South Africa 5
15 Pakistan 4
16 Indonesia 3
17 Portugal 3

A1 Team Brazil scored an additional championship point for recording the fastest race lap of 1.34.736 in lap 14 of the Sprint race.